Correspondence from Professional Medical Associations to Members of Congress Opposing Amendments Prohibiting the Employment of HIV Positive Individuals in the Food Industry
- Identifier:
- s-leg_553_004_008
- Contributing Institution:
- Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
- Title:
- Correspondence from Professional Medical Associations to Members of Congress Opposing Amendments Prohibiting the Employment of HIV Positive Individuals in the Food Industry
- Date Created:
- 1990-05-16
- EDTF:
- 1990-05-16
- Creator:
- Todd, James S., 1931-1997, McBeath, William H.
- Rights:
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
- Language:
- eng
- Record Type:
- correspondence
- Collection:
- Robert J. Dole Senate Papers-Legislative Relations, 1969-1996
- Collection Finding Aid:
- https://dolearchivecollections.ku.edu/index.php?p=collections/findingaid&id=23&q=
- Description:
- Letters from the American Medical Association and the American Public Health Association to Representative J. Roy Rowland and Edward M. Kennedy, respectively, regarding employment of food handlers with HIV and other infectious diseases under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Both organizations oppose any legislation that would prevent these individuals from being employed as food handlers.
- Policy Area:
- Health
- Names:
- McBeath, William H., United States. Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
- Topic:
- Food handling, HIV-positive persons
- Congress:
- 101st (1989-1991)
- Physical Location:
- Collection 003, Box 553, Folder 4
- Type:
- Text
- Extent:
- 2 Pages
